Elementary Art Education Course Notes 9/1/08 Class 1: Course Overview/Introducion Starting a wiki account- go to wikispaces.com Pick a username, spacename, chose a private label Managed Space tab to invite people Wikis are new (within last year-year & 1/2 , intro to what a wiki is Makes for more efficient teachers, and more responsible students Widget- how you embed
9/4/08 Class 2:Instructional Technology & Art, Differentiated Instruction Using Laptops Reading review discussion Art as a language No adult conceptions of elements and principles Exploration in expressing ideas Marks like letters Build and become more comprehensive just like language Age 7- stick person, gender differences Adult perceptions can kill art expression Encourage imagination while making observations Manipulation and experimentation Find meaning and connect to others Both structured and open environment
9/9/08 Class 3: Psychological/Developmental Stages in Children’s Artwork Psychological development (power point on wiki) Constructivism Different than teacher directed learning Two philosophies- student centered and teacher directed Draws on developmental work of Piaget (about learner) Trusting children: Given them ownership Getting children to own what they learn Development art teaching methods Encourage children to use their own lives, imagination as subject for art Piaget’s sensorimotor stage (Ages 0-2) Kinesthetic pleasures /beginning of thought… Lowenfeld, The Scribbling Stage Manipulative stage (Age 2-5) Bangdots- precursor to schemas Stacking colors Age 3- begin cutting Praise behavior: I noticed you used… What would happen if? Piaget Preoccupation stage (Ages 2-7) Representation skills Deferred imitation Mental Imagery Symbolic Play Egocentric view of the world.
9/11/08 Class 4: Psychological/Developmental Sages in Children’s Artwork Student teaching placement assignment- print forms from wiki Volunteer at the Erie art museum Review how to do things (adding a document} Power point Artistic development Lesson motivation Create a baseline Developmental art
9/16/08 Class 5: Lesson Planning/ Standards Changes in wiki requirements Lesson Template located on wiki Lesson concept= nig idea Standards- determined by state Objective= What you want a student to do NOT AN ACTIVITY! Assessment= how you are measuring learning, can be qualitative/quantitative Materials= everything used to teach the lesson Anticipatory set= how you start the lesson to get students interested Activating prior knowledge= Finding out what student know, where they are at, do they understand? (Check for experience) Procedure= everything that will be done, step by step (Shoot for balance between teacher actions and students actions Teacher actions include hook Closure= summarizing, wrapping up class, might mention what will happen next class, etc. Review lesson plan assignment (how to write standards- section, grade, letter)
Elementary Art Education Course Notes
9/1/08 Class 1: Course Overview/Introducion
Starting a wiki account- go to wikispaces.com
Pick a username, spacename, chose a private label
Managed Space tab to invite people
Wikis are new (within last year-year & 1/2 , intro to what a wiki is
Makes for more efficient teachers, and more responsible students
Widget- how you embed
9/4/08 Class 2: Instructional Technology & Art, Differentiated Instruction Using Laptops
Reading review discussion
Art as a language
No adult conceptions of elements and principles
Exploration in expressing ideas
Marks like letters
Build and become more comprehensive just like language
Age 7- stick person, gender differences
Adult perceptions can kill art expression
Encourage imagination while making observations
Manipulation and experimentation
Find meaning and connect to others
Both structured and open environment
9/9/08 Class 3: Psychological/Developmental Stages in Children’s Artwork
Psychological development (power point on wiki)
Constructivism
Different than teacher directed learning
Two philosophies- student centered and teacher directed
Draws on developmental work of Piaget (about learner)
Trusting children: Given them ownership
Getting children to own what they learn
Development art teaching methods
Encourage children to use their own lives, imagination as subject for art
Piaget’s sensorimotor stage (Ages 0-2)
Kinesthetic pleasures /beginning of thought…
Lowenfeld, The Scribbling Stage
Manipulative stage (Age 2-5)
Bangdots- precursor to schemas
Stacking colors
Age 3- begin cutting
Praise behavior: I noticed you used…
What would happen if?
Piaget Preoccupation stage (Ages 2-7)
Representation skills
Deferred imitation
Mental Imagery
Symbolic Play
Egocentric view of the world.
9/11/08 Class 4: Psychological/Developmental Sages in Children’s Artwork
Student teaching placement assignment- print forms from wiki
Volunteer at the Erie art museum
Review how to do things (adding a document}
Power point
Artistic development
Lesson motivation
Create a baseline
Developmental art
9/16/08 Class 5: Lesson Planning/ Standards
Changes in wiki requirements
Lesson Template located on wiki
Lesson concept= nig idea
Standards- determined by state
Objective= What you want a student to do
NOT AN ACTIVITY!
Assessment= how you are measuring learning, can be qualitative/quantitative
Materials= everything used to teach the lesson
Anticipatory set= how you start the lesson to get students interested
Activating prior knowledge= Finding out what student know, where they are at, do they understand? (Check for experience)
Procedure= everything that will be done, step by step (Shoot for balance between teacher actions and students actions
Teacher actions include hook
Closure= summarizing, wrapping up class, might mention what will happen next class, etc.
Review lesson plan assignment (how to write standards- section, grade, letter)